General Chat

Gill you could fix a hanging basket bracket up on the fence for wind chimes to hang on.

I was wondering where Jane was too Mandy.

I feel completely washed out and don't want any tea.

I quite like the tinkling of the wind chimes ,you could get some of those clip on butterflies they look pretty and would add a bit of colour .

Not like you to sleep during the day Mel so you must have been tired and needed the sleep.

It tipped down here this afternoon never seen rain like it and the wind got up to but has calmed down now .

Where's Jane ? hope she's ok

After lunch I just could'nt keep my eyes open so went and threw myself on the bed next to oh who was already asleep. He woke me at 6pm. I now feel like a wet week in Bogna. He's just made me a drink so I thought I would read the thread.

I hada made homemade soup for lunch with nice olive rolls and tomato rolls and we had two bowls each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Little piggies or what but at least it all got cleared up and nothing to throw away so that was good . We will probably have toasted cheese sandwiches tonight.

I do usually leave messages on answer phones but I don't know why I did'nt speak yesterday. Oh did say that I had rung the day before anyway.

OH's just finished painting the planter, it stopped raining hours ago and the sun has been out ever since. You should see it, it looks so much better now it's been painted and Sandra kept going to her room looking out of her window while he was painting. He's just done a bit on the inside as it could be seen when you walked past, some clouds have come over so I hope it doesn't rain until the last bit of paint is dry and we've had a chance to put all the plants back.

You have some good ideas there Mandy, a wind chime would be good and could be quite colourful to and the little bird bath would be ideal as she loves birds. With the planter not having a floor on it I could buy a heavy birth bath so it doesn't get blown over, it can be quite windy here sometimes. She's really looking forward to going shopping now everything is finished. The only thing we may have to do is build a little shelf inside the planter to raise the plants up a bit.

Thanks AnnG for letting me know about possible summer things in the sales of Garden Center's I'll take a look, with a bit of luck Sandra might find something she likes. We have a few heavy breeze blocks, but we'd like to keep them rather than raise the plants in Sandra's garden as we've just re-done the bottom border so we don't know yet if the high winds will blow any of those pots over. We use the breeze blocks to stop the pots rocking in the wind, so like I said to Mandy we might have to build a bit of a shelf to go inside the planter. OH was going to make it today but unfortunately where we cut the wood is right next to the planter and with the paint being wet he didn't want any saw dust going onto the wet paint. Now it looks as if we might have some more rain, so he's leaving it for now and if we can't find some taller plants we'll reconsider the shelf idea.

That was nice of your OH to try and help you with your cramp Mel, I normally do that for my OH as he sometimes suffers with cramp in the night and jumps out of bed hopping around the bedroom. It's quite funny to watch but not so funny for him and like you said you end up with a sore leg or wherever the cramp was the following day.

I've just been watching a programme on channel 5 with Sandra and noticed the "AMAZON" advert with the dachshund and the rain coat, is back on. Boy did we laugh. It's so funny.

If you all fancy a giggle keep an eye out for it, it's well worth watching. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Afternoon all,

We've had really heavy rain here until about half eleven and then the sun came out so i chanced it and got some washing out ,they had a really good blow and i've just got them in as it started coming down again ,they were nearly dry and would have got dry if they had had another half hour .

Oh Mel i hope you can get some more new girls ,it was nice of OH to offer to buy you some more ,the other two look nice and healthy don't they .
You've been busy making more nice bits and bobs for the sale i see ,the little cones are pretty .

Oh Vera trust the alarm to play up as soon as the people go away i hope it's all sorted out now and peace reigns again .

Gill it sounds as if Sandra's garden is coming along nicely ,would there be room for a little bird stand or even a bird bath in with the plants ?
A little wind chime might look and sound nice .

Glad your feeling a little better today Frank ,that's good your going out for Sunday lunch it will get you out of the bungalow for a while .

Oh goodness Vera, how frustrating. I hope your new neighbours appreciate all you will have done for them and that it now stays off.
I think I have said before that our daughter was junior english champion at archery in the 80s (I think it was) She loved the sport but once married didn't keep it up unfortunately. Hope your Grandson can get back to it, if that is what he wants.

Gosh Gill that planter is big. It will look great when all finished and yes you will probably need to raise the pots a bit. Have you got any house brisks they could stand on? When you are in the garden centre look among the sales stuff, sometimes summer ornaments are in there.

Frank I hope you feel more 'with it' today, sorry you felt under the weather yesterday.

Mel it is very grey and extremely windy here today but no rain. Which in a way is unfortunate as OH decided to lie in and not go to golf because heavy rain was forecast. That is twice that has happened this week.
Two new chickens from OH, that is nice so I hope they still have them. So you are one of the people who leave silent non speaking messages on the answer phone Mel. Why don't you just say your name and number and add please call me back. It is frustrating not knowing who called. We never answer the phone because of all the scams. so they probably think yours was a scam message if you didn't speak. If we are there and somebody starts to speak with their name we would pick the phone up.

I am pleased you had a better night Frank. I could'nt go to sleep last night for quite a while. Oh was up watching the qualifyers for the race tomorrow but they have cancelled todays because of the typhoon thats expected. So I had the bed all to myself but I think i missed his snoring. This mornig I had cramp in my right calve and he jumped out of bed and rubbed it for me. Not sure if it helped much but you know what its like the next day it hurts a lot.

I rang the man this morning and did leave a message onthe answer phone with my number and then went to the loo. Sods law he rang back while I was in there and oh had to come and answer the phone. He said to ring him on Tuesday as he may have some ready by then. I may yet get some more little girls, hooray! :-D :-D :-D

Gill I hope the paint is ok for the planter as if its that garden paint you must keep it frost free or its no good the next year. It goes all runny and weird or dries out.

I hope you manage to get through to the man today Mel. I'm like you and not to keen on talking to answer machines. That was nice of your OH to offer to buy them for you. I think your OH is right and the Jackdaw won't be back anytime soon if he frightened himself getting stuck last night. The rain seems to have stopped for now, but there are lots of clouds around so I imagine we'll be in for more rain before the day's out, so I'm staying in doors today in the warmth.

I see you had a better nights sleep last night Frank, I bet you feel better for it today. You sound like us keeping hold of wood, but like you say it's very expensive and the wood we used was brand new last year so apart from where it was damaged slightly with next door's works, it was perfectly fine to re-use. When OH went to buy the screws they had doubled in price with Brexit. They said they couldn't get hold of a lot of things and the items they could get hold of had gone up in price which is why their prices have gone up to the public. I told OH you had wood and didn't know what to do with it. He said he'll be there this afternoon to pick it all up as he's running short now lol :-D :-D ;-) ;-)

Ros is very lucky with you buying things for her, my OH wouldn't think of doing anything like that for me. I on the other hand do it all the time for him and Sandra. I do go out with the intentions of buying myself things but I always end up finding things for them, then come home with nothing for me. I really need a new pair of shoes, mine have holes in them and the only other footwear I have are heels which aren't comfortable to walk around in, so I'll have to be strong and stick to buying some shoes for myself, otherwise I'm going to have very wet feet throughout the winter, every time I go out.

I've just finished all the washing, although there was nothing of mine to do just Sandra's and OH's, but at least it's out of the way. I decided to put it all on the radiators with them being on anyway, there's no need to waste money turning the dryer on when there's no point, there wasn't much, so it shouldn't take to long to dry.

I'm going to take another look at OH's tree again today now the man who was helping me is back. He was away for a month, so now he's helping me again it should be a bit quicker. With a bit of luck OH's tree should be finished soon, then I can go back to mine after Christmas. I don't think OH thought I was going to have to do much on his side, when he asked me to do it for him. To be honest I'm quite surprised at how large his family has turned out to be.
Never mind it keeps me out of mischief lol. ;-)

Morning all, Not good as it's miserable like yours Mel/Gill. It has been raining, but everywhere is so DARK, and that wind is getting up. So it's the armchair and book today.

That was nice of OH Mel, What's he after ?? He is a bit like me, I tend to buy things for Ros on the spur of the moment. A couple of weeks ago I bought her a WHITE GOLD BRACELET. and without thinking bought another two days later. So the lucky girl has TWO.

Good that you did your planters without any real cost Gill. Wood can be so expensive, so I tend to keep any bits either in the garage or behind the shed. I have all the wood from when I had the chickens. What I will use that for I don't know.

I was still awake when Ros came back from the Choir. I think I soon dropped off after knowing she was home, and everywhere was locked up.I feel a lot better this morning, and didn't wake until 7.00 am. Went to the loo, and back into bed till 8.30.

Have book lunch for Sunday at the Carvery, so no cooking for me. it will make a nice change.

Eos came home last night with a BAG of golden plumbs and WET WALNUTS. she won't eat them when they dry out. STRANGE WOMAN. lol lol

Take care all, see you later.

Morning Gill and all,

We have rain and dull skies and wind need I say more a right miserable dreary wet day and oh said there was a Jackdaw in the run this morning and then it went frantic trying to get out. He dos'nt think it will be back.

What with going to get the fish and chips last night and the way the nights are drawing in I left the food in there last night which is why I think the bird went in there.

After seeing the new girls close up yesterday while we did the netting oh told me he thought they were lovely birds and said if the man still has the other two he would buy those for me too. It tried ringing yesterday three time to no avail only an answering phone on and I am not leaving a message. I hate having to talk into those things. Silly really as I was once a telephonist.

I'll have another go today.

Morning all

Pouring with rain here and very dark, I might have to put some lights on if it doesn't brighten up soon. At least the planter is finished so the rain won't bother us today.

Hope you had a better nights sleep last night Frank and feel a bit brighter today.

Good luck to Hannah in her new job next week Jane, she'll be glad to be back in London where it's warmer than Dundee. I've been to Dundee and she's right it is freezing up there.

Pleased to see your OH managed to finish the jobs off in the garden AnnG. Yes, I'm getting on well with OH's tree, be it a bit slow after noticing a few mistakes I'd made years ago and having to correct them now. I didn't realise that I've added over 2000 people since I went back to check it almost 7 months ago. I've almost finished his side now. I'm hoping to have it completely finished by Christmas.

OH dear, what a palaver with the neighbour's house alarm, I hope it didn't go off again Vera. It sounds like you have very talented grandchildren, what a pity your grandson had a shoulder injury, I hope it heals soon.

You asked what colour we're painting the planter Ann, we're painting it green, we have some paint left over from when we painted the other two planters we put in our front garden last year, so that'll save us some money and blend in nicely with the plants we've got in there.

The whole project has been made from the wood that made the ranch style fence in the front. Next door put a 5 foot fence up on his side so I took our fence down and kept the wood, then used other bits of wood we had given us as well.

All in all the planter will of cost us about £3.30 because we had to buy some screws. The new planter is 12 foot long, 18 inches high and 18 inches from front to back, so quite large. We still have some of the old fence wood left over so might build a shelf inside to raise the plants a bit. We have the plants in pots inside the planter so they need to be a bit higher as the bottoms of the plants are now hidden. I'm so glad we've finished building it, with the weather the way it is today. I think it's going to rain not stop all day, by the looks of it.

I had a look online last night to see if there was anything around to dress it up a bit, like glass flowers and the like, but I think it's the wrong time of year. All I could find were outdoor Christmas ornaments, which aren't any good, so we're going to have to shop around to see if we can find anything. I have explained to Sandra that we might have to wait until the spring to buy things like that, with it being almost winter, but we should be able to buy the lights for her, which cheered her up.

I'll keep an eye out for the post Mel, Sandra will be thrilled to receive a little pressie off you. :-) :-) I won't say anything to her, then it'll be a nice surprise when it arrives.

I do hope you have a good nights sleep tonight Frank and that your better in the morning. Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite as Echo says to me some nights.

We had F & C tonight but they have had trouble with one of the staff and only had 10 burgers on the van which sold out quickly and their generator had blown up so no micro working or lights. They had a makeshift light up but you could only have fried stuff. No sausages and the girls on the van were complaining like anything. I can see theres going to be hell to pay when they get back and someone is going to lose their job.

Was crafting this afternoon but hav'nt got on that well.

Oh wants me to wake him at 1am as the race qualifyers are on then. Then he will be up at 6am to watch more.

Missed you there Frank. Sorry you haven't been great today, but hopefully you will sleep well tonight and feel better tomorrow. xx

Vera you have my sympathy! I hate alarms and our bungalows were built with them installed. Two of our neighbours have had theirs go off and been unable to stop them themselves and every time one goes off I rush outside, all of a dither, to make sure it isn't ours. You did well to persevere with your neighbour's when it went off but I suppose you had no choice. I would have needed a darkened room after your morning!

The lady whose house we normally meet up at for beading was like your grandson and brilliant at archery when she was young and travelled all over the world doing it and has many medals/awards. Sadly though, after many years of doing it, she has a lot of shoulder trouble so maybe it's a hazard of the sport. It's a shame your grandson has an injury, but better to miss a season and hope that it heals properly so he can hopefully continue with it.

OH wants to watch the craft program with me and is out tonight so we'll watch it tomorrow. I have finished my wool felting picture and will take a photo tomorrow when the light is better.

EVENING ALL !!!!

I have been totally under PAR today, and just off to bed. But thought I had better let you know that I am here nd O.K. Looking forward to a good nights sleep.

Sleep tight each and everyone, See you in the morning. xxxx

No rain here yet either. It's been a bit chilly with quite a breeze but fairly sunny.

What a morning we have had! We had new neighbours move in around May time. A couple of weeks ago they had a burglar alarm fitted and asked us to be key holders. We have some written instructions about arming and disarming the alarm and had a couple of practice runs. On Monday they went off on a cruise. This morning the alarm went off and kept going. So we let ourselves in and disarmed it. No problem. After waiting a minute or two we tried to arm it again. We kept following the instructions and the darn thing kept flashing messages at us but they would disappear from the screen before we could read them. I did manage to catch the word "conservatory" so OH checked there and it was all securely locked. Then I managed to read "system alert zone 10" but we had no idea what zone 10 was. Eventually we managed to set the alarm up again, get out of the house and lock the front door.

Two minutes later and off it went again. Aarrgh!! So back we went and disarmed the thing again. We were tempted to leave the thing switched off but I was afraid that would invalidate their insurance if someone did break in. Neighbours had written on our instructions their mobile number and the number of the company that fitted the thing. Back home OH rang the company on our landline and they said they would talk us through what to do so we went back to neighbours house with our phone only to find the landline signal wouldn't reach that far. Back OH goes and gets his mobile phone and we try again. Well, it took three attempts to get this dratted alarm re-set and the chap on the other end of the phone said to leave the house and lock the front door behind us. We held our breath and, touch wood, it seems to have worked, but I am now a nervous wreck. Every time I hear a noise outside I think it is this alarm going off again.

I hope your OH's tummy has settled down now Ann and I'm sorry you didn't sleep well. It sounds as though you didn't have a good night either AnninG with your poorly leg. I've slept better for the last few nights. I hope your U3A meeting goes well.

I'm glad you have made an appointment with your doctor Jane. There must be a reason if you are not enjoying your food and are uncomfortable and you need to get it sorted. By the time you read this you will have seen Calendar Girls so I hope you enjoyed it.

You've been busy this morning Mel putting your netting up for the chucks. That should keep the new ladies in and the jackdaws out.

It sounds as though you have been busy too Gill. If you are using 12 foot pieces of wood Sandra's garden must be bigger than I had first realised. I am sure it will look great when it is finished. She'll be chuffed to bits with it.

Yes, I am very proud of my grandchildren who seem to be a talented bunch. I could brag for England, I'm so proud of them. I don't know where they get their talent from but it certainly isn't their grandmother ;-) They all have decent voices and other talents though it is just 2 of the girls who are really into theatre. Grandson has represented GB as a junior in European and World archery championships. For various reasons he didn't have a good year last year though he still has a high national ranking and he planned to go all out to get to the top this year. Unfortunately he had a shoulder injury at the first major event of the year and has missed the whole season. It is possible that he will not be able to shoot again which would be very sad.

As usual I have rambled on a bit and probably bored you silly so I'd better get this posted.

Yes, I looked her up on FB Mel and saw that she does sheep's heads for the different breeds and cattle heads. They are much larger than I've done and in 3D! lol.

No rain here yet.

I am looking forward to the craft program tonight too. I think the felting they are doing is much bigger than the stuff I do.

3.45pm and its really dark and pouring with rain. I need the light on.